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Plums, Asian Pears, and Persimmons in Portland, OR area?
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Posted by ftknj OR/8 (My Page) on Sat, Nov 7, 09 at 11:49
| Hi,
I'd like to mail order some fruit trees for my brother who lives in Portland, OR area where the summer is dry and relatively cool, and winter/spring is very wet.
I am considering the following trees from Bay Laural Nursery:
Plum: 4-N-1 LOW CHILL PLUM COMBO 3 of these 5 varieties depending on availability: Beauty, Burgundy, Golden Nectar, Methley, Santa Rosa.
Asian Pear: 4-N-1 Asian Pear with Chojuro, Hosui, Shinseiki and 20th Century. 3 of these varieties.
Persimmon: FUYU ('JIRO')
I am considering multi-budded trees mainly because of limited gardening space, and the need for cross pollination. But I am wondering what the disadvantages would be for planting multi-budded, instead of 2 or 3 different trees.
I am also wondering if Fuyu will ripe in time for the Portland area.
Please let me know what you think about these selections. Thanks.
Francis |
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RE: Plums, Asian Pears, and Persimmons in Portland, OR area?
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| I'm not an expert about this, I'm just in Portland. I see plums, asian pears, and persimmons of both large and small, squat varieties turn color and fall off Portland trees every year. So they would be ripe. The only thing I would question is if more local mail-order nurseries (One Green World, Raintree) would have fruit trees specifically suited to Portland climate, but if they and Bay Laurel offer many of the same varieties, it is a moot point. |
RE: Plums, Asian Pears, and Persimmons in Portland, OR area?
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Combo trees have their own issues. In particular the most vigorous varietie/s end up dominating the tree at the expense (or death) of the less vigorous grafts. Of these plum varieties I have only one which is Santa Rosa. It has grown quite vigorously for me here and produced a small to medium number of juicy but bland fruits. I don't know of any commercial production of asian plums around here, but there are orchards of euro plums (prunes). Although I have had mixed success with euro plums, the fruit quality has been very good.
I have a Fuyu Persimmon but it hasn't bloomed or produced yet. It seems quite happy so far, although it seems to leaf out quite late.
Asian pears do quite well here as do euro pears. Coddling moth will be a problem.
Have you considered a Desert King or Latarulla Fig? No pollination or insect issues.
Apples do quite well here as well, but again Coddling moths are a formidable problem.
How about growing Marion berries? The world's most delightful cane berry and grows here as well as anywhere in the world. Or thornless blackberries.
You could also post your question on www.homeorchardsociety.com for some more local expertise. |
RE: Plums, Asian Pears, and Persimmons in Portland, OR area?
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I don't think the "low-chill" plum would be a good idea. Low chill can mean it blooms early, and maybe too early to avoid frost/snow in Portland.
I agree you should check out Raintree and One Green World. Raintree has more multi-graft trees, but One Green World might be a little closer in proximity to Portland (but Portland is almost half-way between the two) http://www.onegreenworld.com/ http://www.raintreenursery.com/catalog/index.cfm Carla in Sac |
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